In my experience, having weight trained and gym'd with rugby (and some beach weights) focus for some time, I have suffered by overdoing shoulders and arms day before rugby. Will impact everyone differently but I tore a bicep in a tackle (knee to bicep with DOMS), and some infrapinatus and delt troubles. Keep it sensible, nothing too heavy and don't exhaust muscles - Prime them for work on match day in a sensible way.
100% agree mate and what I do is very specific to me as a winger as I don't get nearly as much physical work per game as a forward say so I can get away with having slightly fatigued biceps for example
@@JosefWebber I was a winger at the time. It wasn't so much the volume of defensive work, but the point of contacts - ball carriers knee impact to my bicep in the wrap. Certainly not going to happen in the same way in every tackle but certainly a consideration for those weight training the day before a game.
The only extra fitness I do to my sprint training and pre-season sessions is some boxing (3 mins on 1 min off), continuous runs at a slow pace and either bike or rowing machine intervals (30s on 30s off kinda thing)
With the waited jump start sat down at the end of a bench and thrust ur self at the floor
Sounds like a better exercise but I was just copying someone’s workout for a series I do on TikTok and that’s what he does
In my experience, having weight trained and gym'd with rugby (and some beach weights) focus for some time, I have suffered by overdoing shoulders and arms day before rugby. Will impact everyone differently but I tore a bicep in a tackle (knee to bicep with DOMS), and some infrapinatus and delt troubles. Keep it sensible, nothing too heavy and don't exhaust muscles - Prime them for work on match day in a sensible way.
100% agree mate and what I do is very specific to me as a winger as I don't get nearly as much physical work per game as a forward say so I can get away with having slightly fatigued biceps for example
@@JosefWebber I was a winger at the time. It wasn't so much the volume of defensive work, but the point of contacts - ball carriers knee impact to my bicep in the wrap. Certainly not going to happen in the same way in every tackle but certainly a consideration for those weight training the day before a game.
First, great content Josef.
Thank you bro appreciate it 🥇
That is a big ass scrum half
Lmao, makes him not a liability in defence like lots of 9s tho tbf. Played at senior county level this season
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How do you train for fitness in the off season?
The only extra fitness I do to my sprint training and pre-season sessions is some boxing (3 mins on 1 min off), continuous runs at a slow pace and either bike or rowing machine intervals (30s on 30s off kinda thing)
I wouldn’t do hot cold day of the game as it tires you out.
Wouldn’t normally but with hours before I think it’s okay, just didn’t do the cold for very long just 2 minutes